birt news

23 Apr 2010 - 9:32pm

BIRT Fellow Leo Celi and Sana won third place in the Wireless Innovation Prize and also won the mHealth Alliance Award.

The Vodafone Americas Foundation and the mHealth Alliance announced that Sana won third place ($100,000) in the Wireless Innovation Prize and also won the mHealth Alliance Award ($50,000).  Leo Celi, a BIRT Fellow, is a member of the team for Sana.

28 Jan 2010 - 5:12pm

Leo Celi, BIRT Fellow and member of the team for Moca, has been selected as an exhibitor for the Smithsonian’s Cooper Hewitt, National Design presentation “National Design Triennial: Why Design Now?”

The Triennial series seeks out and presents the most innovative, forward-thinking designs at the center of contemporary culture from the previous three years. The exhibition showcases design solutions that promote environmental stewardship, social equity, accessibility and creative capital in more than 125 projects.  Asking the question “why design now?”, the exhibit calls for designers to present designs that enhance the areas of energy, mobility, community, materials, prosperity, health, communication and simplicity.  The exhibit will be on view from May 14, 2010 through January 9, 2011.

28 Jan 2010 - 5:15pm

Dr. Robert C. Green presented his lecture “The Impact of Disclosing Genetic Risk Assessment: The REVEAL Study” on Thursday, November 19 at 4:00 pm in the CBMI classroom (Countway Library, room 403).
 

Dr. Green is a Professor of Neurology, Genetics, and Epidemiology at Boston University.